After simultaneously elevating and skewering the black metal scene with their riveting yet almost cartoonishly evil 2013 major-label debut,
Infestissumam
,
Ghost B.C.
(the B.C. is silent everywhere else but the United States) turned their greasepaint and pontiff hat-adorned heads to less
Lovecraftian
fare with
If You Have Ghost
, a five-track EP that should lay to rest any notion that the Swedish occult rockers are goat blood-drinking
Burzum
disciples. Consisting of one live cut ("Secular Haze") and four
Dave Grohl
-produced covers, a fittingly opulent goth pop take on
Roky Erickson
's "If You Have Ghosts," a surprisingly robust and muscular rendition of
ABBA
's "I'm a Marionette," a meticulous reading of
Army of Lovers
' "Crucified," and a rendering of
Depeche Mode
's "Waiting for the Night," it's a serviceable bit of self-generated fan fiction. ~ James Christopher Monger